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->'''Riker:''' Life support has failed on decks 7 and 13, sir. Now what if [[ComputerVirus this thing]] manages to rewrite our entire system? It's so far beyond us that we don't have a hope of understanding it, let alone controlling it. Our own ignorance could kill us.
->'''Picard:''' We may never reach that point. A variation of what happened to the ''Yamato'' might destroy us first.
->'''Riker:''' So we just sit here and watch our ship disintegrate around us?
->'''Picard:''' The probe was launched from Iconia, probably from an automated system. There may be records near the launch site that could help us find a solution.
->'''Riker:''' I'll arrange an away team.
->'''Picard:''' And I'll lead it.
->'''Riker:''' ''You'' will lead it?
->'''Picard:''' Yes.
->'''Riker:''' Sir, we've had this conversation a hundred times.
->'''Picard:''' And we will have it again, Number One. I have been studying the Iconians since I was a cadet. I have to be the one to go. The ''Enterprise'' is yours.
->(''Picard leaves'')
->'''Riker:''' For as long as she lasts...
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Contagion"

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